1985 in spaceflight

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Contents

[edit] Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1985.

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Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site		 Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function		 Re-Entry/
Destruction		 Outcome Remarks
24 January
19:50:00 UTC		 Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-51-C, 5 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 27 January 1985 Successful
TRW Magnum 1 NRO Geosynchronous SIGINT Reconnaissance satellite N/A N/A
12 April
13:59:05 UTC		 Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-51-D, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 19 April 1985 Successful Brake damage and blown tire during landing
Hughes Anik C1 BCE Geostaionary Comsat Graveyard orbit since 5 May 2003 Successful Sold to Paracom S.A. 1993
Hughes SYNCOM IV-3 (LEASAT-3) NRO Geosynchronous Comsat N/A Failure Failed to manoeuvre to orbit
29 April
18:02:18 UTC		 Space Shuttle Challenger LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-51-D, 7 astronauts, 2 Monkeys, 24 rodents NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 6 May 1985 Successful
NASA/ESA Spacelab-3 NASA LEO Reusable laboratory 6 May 1985 Successful
17 June
13:33:00 UTC		 Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-51-G, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 24 June 1985 Successful Sultan of Saudi Arabia on board
Aérospatiale Arabsat 1-B ASCO Geosynchronous Comsat Graveyard orbit since Summer 1992 Successful
Hughes Morelos 1 Mexico Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful
Hughes Telstar 3-D AT&T Geostaionary Comsat Still in orbit Successful
Hughes Spartan 1 NASA LEO Astronomy experiments 24 June 1985 Successful Deploied and retrteved by SRMS
NASA High Precision Tracking Experiment (HPTE) DOD LEO "Star Wars" 24 June 1985 Successful
29 July
23:00:00 UTC		 Space Shuttle Challenger LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-51-F, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 6 August 1985 Successful Abort to orbit
NASA/ESA Spacelab 2 NASA LEO Modular science package 6 August 1985 Successful Triple pallet configuration
27 August
12:58:01 UTC		 Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-51-I, 5 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 3 September 1985 Successful Repaired SYNCOM IV-3 (LEASAT-3)
NASA ASC-1 American Satellite Company Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful
NASA AUSSAT-1 Optus Geostationary Comsat Still in orbit Successful
Hughes SYNCOM IV-4 (LEASAT-4) DOD Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Failure Failed to function after reaching orbit
3 October
17:15:30 UTC		 Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-51-J, 5 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 7 October 1985 Successful
NASA DSCS-III DOD Geostationary Comsat Still in orbit N/A
NASA DSCS-III DOD Geostationary Comsat Still in orbit N/A
30 October
17:00:00 UTC		 Space Shuttle Challenger LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-61-A, 8 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 6 November 1985 Successful Largest crew aboard any single spacecraft
NASA Spacelab D1 German Space Operations Center LEO Modular science package 6 November 1985 Successful
NASA Global Low Orbiting Message Relay Satellite (GLOMR) German Aerospace Research Establishment (DFVLR) LEO Comsat N/A Successful
27 November
00:29:00 UTC		 Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39A, Cape Canaveral USA STS-61-B, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 3 December 1985 Successful EASE/ACCESS
NASA MORELOS-B Mexico Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful
NASA AUSSAT-2 Optus Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful
RCA Astro Electronics (Americom) SATCOM KU-2 RCA Astro Electronics (Americom) Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous

[edit] EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Function Remarks
16 April 3 hours, 6 mins STS-51-D (Discovery) Jeffrey A. Hoffman
S. David Griggs		 SRMS reconfigure
31 August 7 hours, 20 mins STS-51-I (Discovery) William Frederick Fisher
James van Hoften		 SYNCOM IV-3 (LEASAT-3) repair
1 September 3 hours, 6 mins STS-51-I (Discovery) William Frederick Fisher
James van Hoften		 SYNCOM IV-3 (LEASAT-3) repair
29 November 5 hours, 32 mins STS-61-B (Atlantis) Jerry L. Ross
Sherwood C. Spring		 EASE/ACCESS
1 December 6 hours, 41 mins STS-61-B (Atlantis) Jerry L. Ross
Sherwood C. Spring		 EASE/ACCESS

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Preceded by
1984		 Timeline of spaceflight
1985		 Succeeded by
1986